How much crit resist / how does it calculate?

jrgray93 · August 2014

I'm currently working on a PVP build and I am curious as to how much crit resist is ideal / how it is calculated. I know that most good PVP players are packing plenty of crit resist, which is why I am gravitating toward Puncturing Sweep over Biting Jabs, but more detailed info might change my mind. I would also like to know how many pieces of my armor should have impenetrable. Thanks for any info.

Clunan · August 2014

I think the GO TO pvp builds are running at least 4-5 Impenetrable pieces and 2-3 Infused(head, chest, legs). I've done a lot of reading over how Impen actually works, and to be honest, it's still difficult for me to understand. The impen trait really needs to have a better tooltip. As it stands, with the recent 1.3 weapon crit buffs, I plan on possibly rolling all Impen gear to negate people stacking 70%+ crit

Thechemicals · August 2014

The formula has been back and forth in discussion. It is clear that the bonus is additive but the max crit hit reduction is unclear. So far the best info ive seen is that a piece of gear with impenetrable can give up to 10% crit hit reduction. However, it may be capped like all other things armor/spell resist/fire resist/etc. to 50%.

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/2adp4a/so_lets_discuss_impenetrable/

Stx · August 2014

50% is a good number to shoot for. 5 pieces of Impen Legendary gear, or 6 pieces if you use blues/greens.

jrgray93 · August 2014

Thanks for all the info. I'm still VR1 and my build isn't finished, but I can still steamroll most people and I've even forced plenty of stalemates against tweaked out destro / impulse spampires

I even have vampirism for the achievement, but will be cured shortly. I don't use any of the abilities, so it is just a weakness.

I imagine once I refine my build a bit more and remove the weakness to fire / get some actual crit resist, I'll be mopping the floor with these guys.